England

The history of the England national football team begins with the first representative international match in 1870 and the first officially-recognised match two years later. They have been crowned winners of only one World Cup, in 1966 at home Since when they first joined in 1950, they have participated for 15 times in the finals of 18 from 1950 until 2018. They were eliminated in qualifying tournaments in 1974, 1978 and 1994. England hosted their first European Championships in 1996. In the UEFA European Championship 2020, England advanced to the finals. This was the first appearance at the finals in a major tournament since 1966.

The England national team of football is the second-oldest in the world. It was established in the same year as Scotland. A representative game in the match between England with Scotland was played on March 5, 1870. The match was arranged through the Football Association. The return match was arranged by the representatives of Scottish team on the 30th of November 1872. The match, which was played in Hamilton Crescent in Scotland, is believed to be the first ever official international football game, as the two teams were separately chosen and managed, instead of being the responsibility of a single football organization. For the next four decades, England competed exclusively alongside the three other Home Nations - Scotland, Wales and Ireland--in the British Home Championship.

At the beginning, England had no permanent home stadium. They were admitted to FIFA around 1906. They began playing their first match against nations that were not Home Nations on a tour of Central Europe in 1908. Wembley Stadium was opened in 1923, and was later their home stadium. It was during this time that the relationship with England and FIFA was strained which led to the club's departure out of FIFA in 1928, and they returned in 1946. In the end, they were not able to participate in the World Cup until 1950, where they were defeated in a 1-0 loss by United States. United States, failing to overcome the first round, in one of the most humiliating defeats of the team's history.

Their first loss at home against foreign teams was a 2-0 loss against Ireland on the 21st September 1949 , at Goodison Park. In 1953, a 6-3 defeat against Hungary was their second loss against foreign teams at Wembley. In the rematch match played in Budapest, Hungary won 7-1. This is the biggest England ever loss. Following the game the bewildered Syd Owen saidthat "it felt like you were playing with men from space". In 1954's FIFA World Cup, England made it to the quarterfinals at the beginning of the tournament for the first time and fell 4-2 to the reigning champions Uruguay.

While Walter Winterbottom was appointed as England's first manager full-time in 1946 but the team was selected by a committee until Alf Ramsey was appointed manager in 1963. In 1966, the FIFA World Cup was hosted in England and Ramsey led England to victory by winning a 4-2 victory over West Germany after extra time in the final match, during when Geoff Hurst scored a hat-trick. The following year, at UEFA Euro 1968, the team made it to the semi-finals for the first time before being defeated by Yugoslavia.

England were automatically qualified for at the time of the FIFA World Cup in Mexico as the reigning champions. They reached the quarterfinals, but they were eliminated to West Germany. England had led 2-0 however, they were defeated by 3-2 in extra time. They were unable to get into their 1974 FIFA World Cup, leading to Ramsey's expulsion from the FA.

After Ramsey's demotion, Joe Mercer took immediate temporary control of England for seven games up to the time Don Revie was appointed as the new manager permanently in 1974. Under Revie the team's performance was not as good and was not able to make it to the either UEFA Euro 1976 or the 1978 FIFA World Cup. Revie quit in 1977, but was later replaced with Ron Greenwood, under whom the team's performance improved. The team was able to qualify to participate in UEFA Euro 1980 without losing one of their games but they fell out at the group stage of the final competition. They also qualified for 1982's FIFA World Cup in Spain However, despite never losing a single game they were eliminated in the second stage of group play.

Bobby Robson managed England from 1982 to. The team did not get into UEFA Euro 1984, they made it to the quarterfinals at in 1986's FIFA World Cup, losing the game 2-1 against Argentina in a game that was made famous for two striking goal scored by Diego Maradona, the first of which was blatantly thrown into the goal by his hand which prompted the "Hand of God" comment, and the other being an astonishingly skilled individual goal that involved rapid dribbling over numerous opponents. England goalkeeper Gary Lineker finished as the most prolific scorer of the tournament, scoring six goals.

England ended up losing each game during UEFA Euro 1988. They then got their second highest score in the 90 FIFA World Cup by finishing fourth, but losing against West Germany after a closely contesting semi-final that ended 1-1 after extra time, and 3-4 in the debut penalty shootout. Even though they lost against Italy in the third-place play-off, the England team received bronze medals that were identical as those of the Italians'. Because of the team's impressive performance in the tournament against all expectations, and due to the emotional aspect of their narrow loss against West Germany, the team were greeted as heroes , and thousands of spectators packed the streets in anticipation of the parade of a bus with an open top.

Four England managers succeed Robson and each took on the position for a time. Graham Taylor was Robson's immediate successor. [3434 England was unable to score a win in any of the matches played during UEFA Euro 1992, drawing against tournament winners Denmark and then France and then being eliminated by the host nation Sweden. The team was unable to make it into their participation in the 1994 FIFA World Cup after losing an unpopular game with Netherlands Netherlands in Rotterdam and this led to Taylor's resignation. Taylor was the subject of a lot of criticism from newspapers throughout his tenure due to his team's selections and tactics.

Between 1994 until the year 1996 Terry Venables took charge of the team between 1994 and 1996. Terry Venables was in charge. In UEFA Euro 1996, held in England They matched their highest performance in an European Championship, reaching the semi-finals, just like it was in the year 1968 after which they lost a penalty shoot-out defeat to Germany. 36 England forward Alan Shearer was the tournament's most prolific scorer, scoring five goals. When he played at Euro 96, the song "Three Lions" by Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds became the definitive tune for those who gathered at the terraces. Venables made it clear prior to the tournament that he was stepping down at the conclusion of the tournament in the wake of investigations into his financial affairs and in anticipation of court proceedings. Because of the controversy surrounding his conduct and his financial affairs, the FA stated that Venables was the coach, not the manager of the team.

Venables his replacement, Glenn Hoddle, took England to the 1998 FIFA World Cup -- where England lost in round two. They were eliminated again by Argentina and yet again by penalties (after an 2-2 draw). Then, in February of 1999 Hoddle got fired by the FA because of controversial remarks that he made about disabled players to the newspaper. Howard Wilkinson took over as the caretaker manager for two games. Kevin Keegan was then appointed as the new manager, and was able to take England through UEFA Euro 2000, but the team was eliminated at the group stage, and Keegan abruptly quit shortly after.

Peter Taylor was appointed as the caretaker manager for a single game before Sven-Goran Eriksson assumed the reigns from 2001 to 2006. He was the first manager of the team who was not English. He led England to the quarterfinals in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2004 and the 2006 FIFA World Cup. England had only lost five games in his entire time in charge, and climbed to fourth place in the world rankings under his leadership. Eriksson's deal was extended by FA by two years including UEFA Euro 2008, but was terminated by the FA following 2006. World Cup.

Steve McClaren was then appointed as manager, but following being unable to qualify to play in Euro 2008 he was sacked on the 22nd of November 2007 following 18 games under his watch. In the next month, he was replaced by another foreign coach, Italian Fabio Capello, who had previous experience that included winning periods with Juventus as well as Real Madrid. England have won every single one game in their qualification matches to qualify for the 2011 FIFA World Cup, but in the actual tournament itself, England drew their opening two matches, which led to questions regarding the team's mentality, attitude and capacity to handle the pressure. They advanced into the next round but were defeated 4-1 by Germany the most heaviest loss they have suffered in an World Cup finals tournament match. On February 12, 2012, Capello quit his job as England manager after disagreements with the FA regarding their demand to dismiss John Terry from team captaincy due to allegations of racial discrimination regarding the player.

Following Capello's departure Stuart Pearce was appointed as caretaker manager for a single game and then on May 12, 2012 Roy Hodgson was announced as the new manager just six weeks prior to UEFA Euro 2012. England were able to finish first in their group, however they were eliminated from at the Championships in the quarter-finals through the penalty shoot-out in the final against Italy. The World Cup of 2014 FIFA World Cup, England were eliminated in their group stages for the first time in 1958 World Cup, and the first time they have been eliminated at major events after Euro 2000. England were unbeaten in qualifying for UEFA Euro 2016, but they were lost in the round of 16 losing by a score of 2-1 to Iceland. Hodgson was dismissed as manager in June of 2016 and less than one month later, he became replaced Sam Allardyce. After just one month in charge, Allardyce resigned from his post as manager by mutual agreement following an alleged violation in FA rules, which made him the most ineffective manager to be a permanent England manager. Allardyce's only match in his time as England boss was an 1-0 win against Slovakia However, this is one of the few permanent England manager ever to quit having a 100 percent winning rate.

Gareth Southgate, then the coach of the England under-21 team, was given temporarily in charge of England's England national team until November 2016 before being appointed coach on the permanent basis. In the time of Southgate, England qualified comfortably for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and came second in their group in the event. They beat Colombia by penalty in the knock-out round one and beat Sweden by 2-0 in the quarter-finals to make it just their third World Cup semi-final. In the semi-finals, they lost knocked out 2-1 after extra time by Croatia and were then defeated by Belgium again with a score of 2-0 in the third-place match. England player Harry Kane finished the tournament as the top scorer, scoring six goals.

On the 14th of November, England played their 1000th International match, beating Montenegro 7-0, at Wembley in an UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match.

In UEFA Euro 2020 England were included in Group D alongside Croatia, Scotland and Czech Republic. England had seven points from their three group matches and won 1-0 against Croatia as well as the Czechs and playing 0-0 against Scotland. In the knockout stage, England beat Germany, Ukraine and Denmark to reach the final of the important tournament, for the first time in 1966. It was also the first time for the nation to reach the European Championship final--where they lost out to Italy in the penalty shoot-out played at Wembley on July 11, 2021. For the 2022-23 UEFA Nations League England were assigned to the group A3 together with Germany, Italy and Hungary .

England did not beat any of their initial four games of the competition, their three opening results being defeated 1-0 at home to Hungary as well as a 1-1 home draw against Germany as well as an 0-0 draw against Italy on Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton. On the 14th of June in 2022, their fourth game in the contest (also playing within Wolverhampton), England were defeated 4-0 by Hungary the biggest home loss since Scotland beat Scotland 5-1 at Wembley in 1928. The defeat prompted journalists and fans asking questions about the credibility of players and managers prior to their 2022 FIFA World Cup.

England National Football Team kits and crest.

Kits and crest detail

The emblem for the England national team is three lions that guard the field representing the king Richard I, who reigned between 1189 and 1199. The year 1872 was the first time English footballers wore white jerseys that bore the three lions' crest that is the symbol of the Football Association. The lions, usually blue, have undergone minor modifications to their appearance and colour. The initial crown was the top of the lions but this was changed in 1949, when the FA received an official coat-of-arms from the College of Arms; this included the ten Tudor roses that were each for local branches within the FA. In 2003, England top their logo with a star, to commemorate the team's World Cup win in 1966 The first time this was embossed on the left sleeve of their kit for home, and a year later , it was changed to the current position and first appeared in the shirt worn by away players.

The colors used in England's traditional home include white shirt as well as navy blue shorts, black or white socks. The team is often seen wearing an all-white uniform.

While England's initial home kits had blue stripes, the typical away colors are white shirts, red shirts shorts, and red socks. In 1996, the England home kit changed from blue to gray shirts and grey shorts and socks. The kit was only worn three times, and was also worn with Germany in the semi-finals in Euro 1996 but the deviation from the red traditional was popular with fans. The England away kit remained in red until 2011 when the navy blue kit for away games was launched. The away kit is occasionally worn in home games in the event that a new version is released to help encourage it.

England have had occasions when they've worn the third kit. In in the year 1970, World Cup England wore a third kit that was light blue shorts, shirts and socks to play Czechoslovakia. They wore a kit that was that was similar to Brazil's with yellow socks, yellow shirts and blue shorts that they wore throughout the heat of 1973. In this World Cup in 1986 England used a third kit made of pale blue that resembled the one was worn during the World Cup in Mexico 16 years earlier. England kept their pale blue third kits to 1992, although they did not use them often.

Umbro initially agreed to produce this kit back in 1954. It has since then, it has been the main supplier of the kits. The only exceptions are from 1959 to 1965 using Bukta as well as 1974-1984 when it was Admiral. Nike bought Umbro in the summer of 2008 and became the kit manufacturer in 2013 following the purchase of the Umbro brand.

In the initial fifty year period of existence England hosted home games all over the nation. The first time they played on cricket grounds but later moved to stadiums for football clubs. The first Empire Stadium was built in Wembley, London, for the British Empire Exhibition.

England had their first game at Wembley Stadium in 1924. They played against Scotland as well for the following 27 years, Wembley was utilized as a venue for games with Scotland only. The stadium was later referred to by its initials Wembley Stadium and it became the official home of England in the 1950s. The stadium was closed in October of 2000. reopened its doors after the defeat of Germany.

The stadium was destroyed during the 2002-2003 period before work started to rebuild the stadium completely. In this period, England played at venues throughout the country, however, during this year's World Cup qualification, this was largely settled to the Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium as the principal venue, and the Newcastle United stadium's St. James' Park being used for occasions when Old Trafford was unavailable.

The first time they played at the brand new Wembley Stadium was in March 2007, when they played Brazil. The stadium is owned by the Football Association, via its subsidiary Wembley National Stadium Limited.

England has three major rivalries with other footballing nations.

They have a fierce rivalry Germany is thought to be mostly an English phenomenon. In the days leading up to any match with the teams numerous UK publications will publish reports detailing the results of previous matches for example, like the ones in the years 1966 and 1990. The football fans of England typically believe that Germany as their principal rivals in sport and are more concerned about their rivalry than they do against other teams. The majority of German fans view that the Netherlands or Italy as their primary rivals in football and, as such, generally, the rivalry isn't considered as serious the way it would be in England.

The rivalry between them and Scotland is among the most fierce rivalries between nations that exist. It is the oldest international match in the world, having been first held in 1872 at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow. The long history of Scotland and the British Isles has led to many rivalries between nations of the world in various ways, and the social and cultural consequences of centuries of animosity and conflict between them have contributed to the ferocious nature of these sporting events. Scottish nationalism is also one of the factors in the Scots determination to beat England ahead of all other opponents as well, as Scottish sports journalists calling England as the English by the name of the "Auld Enemy". The rivalry between the two football teams has been diminished in the latter half of the 1970s, with the most notable change being that the annual fixture ended in 1989. For England games with Germany or Argentina are now thought as more significant than historical competition with Scotland.

They are in a fierce rivalry Argentina is extremely competitive. Matches between both teams, even when they are just friendly games are often accompanied by controversial and often infamous incidents , like the one that occurred in 1986. This rivalry is unique in the sense that it is intercontinental and typically, such rivalries are among countries that are located near one another like France-Italy, or Brazil-Argentina. England is seen as a rival in Argentina as one of Argentina's main opponents of Argentina's national soccer team, which is only matched with Brazil in addition to Uruguay. The rivalry is to a lesser degree, one-sided in England and is locally described as a grudge game, despite the fact that games against Germany have more significance in the public's view. The rivalry was evident in a variety of games in the second part into the 20th century although at the time of writing, the teams have met just 14 times in full international matches. The rivalry grew more intense especially in Argentina through non-footballing incidents particularly during the 1982 Falklands War between Argentina and the United Kingdom.

All England games are broadcast live, with complete commentary on talkSPORT as well as BBC Radio 5 Live. From 2008-09 until the 2017-18 season England's home as well as away qualifying matches and friendly matches both at home and away, were shown live via ITV Sport (often with the exclusion of STV which is that is an ITV franchisee in northern and central Scotland). England's away qualifiers for 2010. World Cup were shown on Setanta Sports until that company's collapse. In the wake of the collapse of Setanta Sports the their World Cup qualifier in Ukraine on the 10th of October 2009 was broadcast throughout the United Kingdom on a pay-per-view basis only on the internet. It is the first time that an England match was shown in this manner.

The number of customers who paid from PS4.99 and PS11.99 each, was put to be between 250,000 and 300,000 with the total number of viewers was estimated at 500 000. The year 2018 was the most popular for Sky Sports. Sky Sports broadcast the England Nations League and in-season friendlies until 2021. ITV Sport broadcast the European Qualifiers for Euro-World Cups and pre-tournament friendlies (after the Nations League group matches end) through 2022. On April 20, 2022 Channel 4 won the rights to England games until June 2024, which includes the 2022-2023 UEFA Nations League matches, UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying games as well as friendlies. 2022 FIFA World Cup rights remain with the BBC and ITV.

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

The following players were named to the squad for the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League matches against Hungary, Germany and Italy between 4 and 14 June 2022.

This article lists various football records in relation to the England national football team.

This article lists various football records in relation to the England national football team players.

The job that a England national team manager was established in 1946, following an appointment made by Walter Winterbottom. Prior to that was made, it was the case that England team was picked from the "International Selection Committee" an organization where it was the Football Association (FA) would select trainers and coaches in the league who would prepare the team for one-off games, however the final decision was in the hands that of this committee. The defeat of 1-0 by Switzerland was the catalyst for FA Secretary Stanley Rous to raise Winterbottom from "National Director of Coaching" from "National Director of Coaching" to "Manager".

Nineteen men have been in the position since it was first created and four of them were in caretaker positions: Joe Mercer (seven games in charge), Howard Wilkinson (two games, separated by a year from each other), Peter Taylor (one game) and Stuart Pearce (one game). For comparison, Winterbottom held the position for the longest time with a period of 16 years that included four appearances at the World Cup and a total of 139 games. Alf Ramsey was the sole manager who has won an important tournament, having won his team in the 1996 World Cup with his "Wingless Wonders". Alongside Ramsey the only other manager to have won a major tournament is Gareth Southgate at the Euro 2020 took his team into a significant tournament's final. Other managers who have made it to the semi-finals of major tournaments in the past or later include: Bobby Robson at the 1990 World Cup, Terry Venables at Euro 1996, and Gareth Southgate at the 2018 World Cup and Euro 2020.

Swedish manager Sven-Goran Eriksson became the first foreign manager of the team in January 2001 , amid many controversies; he guided the team reach three consecutive quarter-finals of major tournaments. Italian coach Fabio Capello was appointed to replace Steve McClaren in December 2007 following the fact that England did not qualify for Euro 2008. Capello's team put up a poor performance in the 2010 World Cup, but the FA confirmed that he would continue in charge. The problem was that Capello was forced to quit his post in February following a dispute with the FA regarding the removal the captaincy of John Terry. Capello was replaced, as a caretaker by Stuart Pearce, before Roy Hodgson was chosen as the permanent successor to Capello in May. Hodgson's contract ended on June 2016, as England were eliminated from UEFA Euro 2016 by Iceland in the round of 16. Sam Allardyce was announced as his successor one month later, but was dismissed after only one match. His replacement was on a interim base with England under-21 head coach, and ex England world player Gareth Southgate, whose position was confirmed after four games.

The England manager's position can be subjected to public and media scrutinization, with a lot of details about the manager's private life. Because of the expectation of media and the public, the job is often classified as "the most difficult task" or even compared in significance in the culture of the nation to the role for the British prime minister.

The following table provides a summary of the complete record of each England manager including their progress in both the World Cup and the European Championship.

Key: P–games played, W–games won, D–games drawn; L–games lost, %–win percentage

• Walter Winterbottom: 139

• Fabio Capello: 66.7%

• Walter Winterbottom: 33 years old

• Roy Hodgson: 61 years, 9 months and 3 days

Biggest win

• 13–0 vs. Ireland, 18 February 1882

Biggest defeat

• 1–7 vs. Hungary, 23 May 1954

Longest unbeaten run

• 22 games from 18 November 2020 to 29 March 2022

Longest winless run

• 7 games from 11 May 1958 to 4 October 1958

Most consecutive wins

• 10 games from 6 June 1908 to 1 June 1909

Matches without conceding a goal

• 7 games from 2 June 2021 to 3 July 2021

The tables below show the England national team's all-time record on international competitions. The stats are based on FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Football Championship, UEFA Nations League and British Home Championship (1883-1984) matches, in addition to many international friendly tournaments and matches.

England played the first international game against Scotland on the 30th November of 1872. The match resulted in a 0-0 draw. England as well as Scotland have since played in 115 official matches, the most of any country (England have won 48times, Scotland are 41, and 26 games have been played).

In addition to Scotland, England have contested matches against more than different national squads. In comparison to other teams, England has not been defeated by any of them. In fact, they have achieved a 100% winning percentage with 27 other teams. England has also not defeated five teams they've faced at least once in their history: Algeria, Ghana, Honduras, Saudi Arabia and South Korea. England has played each of these teams just one time, the last team being Saudi Arabia (two matches, both of them drew).

England first played at their first FIFA World Cup, and later been invited to sixteen FIFA World Cup finals tournaments and are ranked sixth in terms of appearances. They also rank sixth in terms of victories, along with Spain. The national team is among of only eight national teams that have earned at least one FIFA World Cup title. The England team took home its first-ever World Cup title in 1966. The tournament took place in England's home stadium and England beat West Germany 4-2 in the final. in 1990 England ended up in 4th place, after losing the match 2-1 to host country Italy in the third-place play-off after losing penalty kicks against winners West Germany in the semi-final. They also finished fourth place in 2018 after they lost 2 -0 in the semi-final to Belgium in the third play-off and then 2-1 in the semi-final to Croatia during the semifinal following extra time. The team also made it to the quarterfinals in the years 1954, 1962, 1990, 1970, 2002 and in 2006.

England was not able to make it to qualifying for the World Cup in 1974, 1978 and 1994. The first time the team was eliminated from Finals Tournament was their loss in the first round of 1950 and 1958, and more recently, in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. It was the result of being defeated in their first two matches for the very first time against Italy in the first round and Uruguay in Group D. in 1950, only four teams remained following the first round. In 1958, eight teams were left and in 2014, 16 teams were left. In the year 2010, England suffered the most devastating World Cup defeat, 4-1 to Germany at the stage of the Round of 16. The defeat came following a draw against Algeria and the United States and Algeria, as well as defeating Slovenia with a 1-0 score during the Group Stage.

The greatest achievements of England in their participation in the UEFA European Championship have been to finish in third position in both the years 1968 and 1996 and then to make it to the finals of the 2020 2021 championship. England played host to Euro 96, and have been invited to 10 UEFA European Championship finals tournaments and is ranked fourth in terms of appearances. The team also reached the quarterfinals on two more occasions in the years 2004 and 2012.

The team's most disappointing performance during the tournament was an elimination in the first round in 1988, 1980 1992, and 2000. The team was not entered in 1960, and was unable to reach Finals four times in 1964 1972, 1971 1984 and 2008.

England national football team achievements :

• FIFA World Cup

  • Champions: 1966

• UEFA European Championship

  • Runners-up: 2020
  • Third place: 1968, 1996

• UEFA Nations League

  • Third place: 2019

• British Home Championship

  • Champions (54): (including 20 shared)

• Rous Cup

  • Champions: 1986, 1988, 1989

• FIFA World Cup Fair Play Trophy

  • Champions: 1990, 1998

• England Challenge Cup: 1991
• Tournoi de France: 1997
• FA Summer Tournaments: 2004